Acton Memorial Library Civil War Archives | Civil War Records of George L. Towne

Civil War Records of George L. Towne (Town, Towns)

Service

Co.	Regiment / Ship	From	To	Residence/ Credit	Occupation	Notes
H	5th NY Cav.	Private, enl. at Crown Point, NY Aug. 16, 1862, for three years	disch. at Staunton, Va., June 13, 1865	born Swanson, Vt.	farmer	age 22, eyes gray, hair brown, complexion light, height 5'9"
Record for George L. Town, 5th Cavalry, "New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900," Ancestry.com.

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): x
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): x

Pension

Co.	Regiment	Date Filed	Type	App. No.	Cert. No.	State	Beneficiary/Remarks
H	5th NY Cav.		Invalid		115 402	Mass.

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives): 17 pages (PDF*)

Grand Army of the Republic

Recorded as member no. 139 in the membership roster of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R., Acton, Massachusetts (Acton Memorial Library archives, 92.2.1). Served as the Post's last Commander (1920-1933) and its last surviving member, dying in 1940 at the age of 96.

Fifteen members of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R. in front of the Telephone Office Building, West Acton, on May 30, 1924 (photograph, Acton Memorial Library archives 24.1.1)

Death

Date	April 25, 1940
Place	Acton, Mass.
Age	96
Cause	senility
Obituary	Concord Enterprise, May 1, 1940
Funeral
Burial	Mt. Hope Cemetery, Acton, Mass.
Survived by

Additional Information

A carpenter by trade, George Towne was born in Swanton, Vermont, and served in the 5th New York Cavalry from August 1862 to June 1865. His regiment fought at Second Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Cedar Creek, Petersburg, and Appomattox. After the war, he lived in Waltham and then Acton. He was the last surviving member of Isaac Davis Post No. 138 G.A.R. (Text from "Not Afraid to Go", exhibit at the Acton Memorial Library).